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1. Pass status you can click button Continue 5 The next step is to connect to your database Connect To Database On this page you will be prompting which existing type of database you are using with your online store ally upload your old config file into Upgrade folder and click e Information button VP ASP will auto grapping your Retrieve Database Information Database Type Check Database This step basically will retrieve your existing database for your new VP ASP 7 00 site You need to ensure you have placed your original shop config asp file from your current site into the Upgrade folder Please click the Retrieve Database Information VP ASP will then automatically populate the database fields with the connection settings from your existing site If you are using Access Database name and Folder will be automatically filled in If you are using ODBC the DSN Name will be automatically filled in 11 Page If you are using SQL SERVER or MySQL the following db details will be automatically filled in Database Name Database User ID Database Password Database Address Click Check Database once you are ready to check your database is connected or not If the db is connected successfully the button Continue To Setup Database Structure will be visible and you can click to proceed to next step Note If you are using VP ASP SP1 7 00 UTF 8 files that support double bytes
2. This is your secure URL to which credit card information is encrypted This should be automatically filled in with your existing secure URL Company Name Your company shop name Address Your company shop address 17 Page City Your city State Your state Zip Code Your zip code Country Your country Phone Your phone number Fax Your Fax number Email Your email address Click Update Information after you have entered all the details Click Continue To End to finish the upgrade process Note After you have run the wizard your database will have been updated to the required VP ASP 7 00 format Click here to see your cart Click here to see your admin page Click here to learn more about how to earn money by promoting VP ASP on you ur site Click here to look at template and module which you can add to your site Print this page for your future reference If you want to go to your new front store VP ASP 7 00 please go to Click here to see your cart If you want to go to your new administration for VP ASP 7 00 please go to Click here to see your admin page Administrator s Login Default username and password still in use semame admin Password admin Please change as soon as possible Userid Password Password 2 Login Note Userid is your existing admin user id Password is your existing admin password Password 2 is your existing admin password 2 if
3. 7 00 involves a number of steps some of which are done automatically and others need to be done manually by following the steps below NOTE Once you have completed upgrading your database to VPASP 7 0 you will not be able to use your old admin with a store running 650 or earlier VPASP versions So if you have multiple sites running from the one database then you will need to ensure all sites are managed using a VPASP 7 0 admin 4 Page 2 Download upgrade from our website Before you can begin the upgrade process you need to retrieve the upgrade files from the VP ASP website First visit our upgrade centre by going to http www vpasp com sales upgrade asp Then enter your Order ID and email address and click the Continue button Your upgrade options will then be evaluated and you will be presented with a selection of options If you are upgrading to the same package as you originally purchased and your order is less than 12 months old you will be able to upgrade for free Otherwise if you are outside of your 12 month upgrade period or you wish to upgrade to a higher package then the cost of your upgrade will be calculated and you will be able to purchase the upgrade through our regular checkout process Once your order has been received and processed by the VP ASP administration team and you will receive an email with your new files 5 1Page 3 Install VP ASP 7 00 files VP ASP 7 00 is a complete replacement f
4. Upgrade from version 3 50 and earlier also have the same process as mentioned in Chapter 4 above 81Page 6 Run the Upgrade Wizard VP ASP 7 00 comes with an upgrade wizard which you need to run through your browser This add new fields and system records to your database but will not change any of your wizard will existing data Please follow these steps below 1 Open your browser and enter the URL of your new VP ASP folder for example http www yoursite com vpasp default htm where www yoursite com is your website address and vpasp is the folder that you have installed your new copy of VP ASP 7 00 2 There are two options to choose from Installing or Upgrading Please click the Upgrading button 3 You are now ready to start upgrading to VP ASP 700 You will see a summary page of the steps you will be going through to upgrade your existing VPASP to the latest release Congratulations You are about to embark on an exciting e commerce journey with VP ASP one of the most powerful shopping cart systems available on the market The VP A4SP 7 0 Shopping Cart has a wide range of features and functionality which can be modified to suit almost any business requirement We have carried out extensive research into some of the most successful online storefronts to allow us to bring to you a powerful and intuitive solution for your ecommerce needs By implementing the very best of the features we have found we can br
5. lt link href stylesheets shop css rel stylesheet type text css gt Please see where is the CSS file stored in your existing site by looking in the above code and copy the CSS file into your new VP ASP 7 00 site As you can see in the step 5 the shop css is located in the stylesheets directory of your existing site Then please copy the file shop css into folder templates default 2cols css if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols css folder if using 3 columns layout in your VP ASP 7 00 site If you have any other CSS files that you have created in your own please also copy the CSS files into folder templates default 2cols css if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols css folder if using 3 columns layout in your VP ASP 7 00 site Please change the location of your CSS files to read from the new directory as you have copied above in step 5 For example please locate these code below lt link href stylesheets shop css rel stylesheet type text css gt 29 Page Please change to make sure the code below in one line lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css shop css gt If you have any other CSS files please also change the location to point to the new directory for example lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt cs
6. of shop colors asp VP ASP 6 00 Copy this line and all lines below it from the VP ASP 7 00 shop colors asp file into your copy of shop colors asp Then replace the copy of shop colors asp in the VP ASP 7 00 folder with your newly updated copy 11 4 Upgrading from 6 00 and 6 50 Locate the following line in the 7 00 copy of shop colors asp VP ASP 6 50 35 Page Copy this line and all lines below it from the VP ASP 7 00 shop colors asp file into your copy of shop colors asp Then replace the copy of shop colors asp in the VP ASP 7 00 folder with your newly updated copy 36 1Page 12 Upgrade your gateway If you are using a payment gateway you will need to upgrade your files to use the latest VP ASP 7 00 files 1 Download the new gateway files from the VP ASP website http Awww vpasp com sales epdownload700 asp 2 Unzip the downloaded file into the folder you have VP ASP 7 00 installed in 3 Follow any gateway specific installation instructions from the included readme txt file 37 Page 13 Upgrade your categories Note This is only required if upgrading from 4 xx or earlier If you are upgrading from 5 xx or later please skip this section The way VP ASP handles categories and subcategories has been completely changed since the version you are using was released The VP ASP 7 00 method for handling categories eliminates the need for the subcategories table subcatlevel3 subca
7. shopcustomer asp you would set Xdisplaystates US UK To setup this please follow these steps below 1 Inthe top menu select Advanced Settings then Software Configurations from the drop down 2 Enter Xdisplaystates search box and press Search button A Search Cart Settings X n 3 Change the value to US UK and click Continue Then any states listed in View Edit States with the country code US or UK will appear in front store state dropdown 39 Page 15 Securing your site In order to ensure that your VP ASP site is as secure as possible we recommend following these security steps after upgrading as a double check that all recommendations have been implemented 15 1 Removing Installation folder and Upgrade folder Delete the folders below from your VP ASP site Installation Upgrade Remote Users Please ensure that you have deleted all these folders on both your local PC and your remote server 15 2 Removing copy of default database Please delete the default MS Access file that comes from the installation The database name is shopping700 mdb which is located in the database folder 15 3 Removing all files starting with the letter c in the admin folder Delete the below file from the admin folder Convertsql asp Remote Users Please ensure that you have deleted the file on both your local PC and your remote server 1
8. to the new VP ASP 7 00 site 1 2 Open file shoppage_trailer htm old version using notepad Replace the homepage default link to default asp If you found somewhere in your footer file contains homepage link e g index html default htm or default html or etc you need to replace it to use default asp as this is the default page of VP ASP 7 00 Copy your image files into the VP ASP 7 00 site You would need to copy any of the existing images in the footer file into your new VP ASP 7 00 site so that all the images in the footer file can display correctly For example if in your footer file contains image code as below lt IMG SRC images myownimage gif width 20 height 20 gt 33 1Page Then you will need to copy the image file myownimage gif to the images folder of your VP ASP 7 00 site 4 If you would like to add any of snippet tag functionality into your footer e g adding currencies selector featured products top sellers section etc you can refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 2 Code Snippets Tags to Customize Your Site VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP_ 700 Design Guide zip 5 After all the changes above you can now copy the file shoppage_trailer htm from the temporary directory to the folder templates default 2cols if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols if using 3 columns layout in your VP ASP 7 00 site 34 Pag
9. to the new VP ASP 7 00 site Note If you choose to keep your existing header and footer template the new Layout Manager cannot be used Layout Manager features can only be used if you utilise the header and footer template provided in the VP ASP 7 0 package as they are basically different compared to the old version header and footer template 28 Page Before you apply the changes for the templates make sure you copy the existing templates from your site to a temporary directory Please follow these steps below 1 Go to the root directory of your 6 50 site 2 Copy these files below shoppage_header htm shoppage_trailer htm 3 Create a new temporary directory to store the existing templates in your local computer e g my650templates 10 2 1 Header template These steps below explain to you how to apply your existing header template to the new VP ASP 7 00 site 1 2 Open the file shoppage_header htm from the temporary directory using notepad Please insert the code below after lt head gt lt This code must remain in all header files gt lt generatebaseurl gt lt end gt Locate these code below lt meta http equiv Content Type content text html charset lt getlang langcharset gt gt Directly after the code above please insert these code lt meta http equiv X UA Compatible content E EmulatelE7 gt Locate the CSS link somewhere in your site e g if exist
10. we do not recommend you to create a name e g admin or login You can create the page name with combination of alpha numeric characters e g jacksyte87635 Click Rename Admin Page once you have entered the name Click Continue To Create Encryption Key to proceed to next step 9 Create Encryption Key Create Encryption Key w you need to create a unique encryption key so when you start taking credit cards ti hackers to steal your customers data card numbers are encrypted to make it next to impossible for Starting to get the idea that security for your online store is incredibly important Great because it is With our help though and by using this Wizard you will be ensuring your store is as safe as possible The encryption key is a unique set of character used to scramble customer credit card information into random gibberish Please enter a 10 character encryption key agabahjbeg Example agl2AhjBcG Update Encryption Key This step will create encryption key for your VP ASP 7 00 site Encryption key is a unique set of character used to scramble customer credit card information Make sure you enter a 10 character encryption key e g jfh73GFKah3o Click Update Encryption Key to update and check your entered data is valid or not If valid the button Continue To Cart Details will be visible Click it to proceed to next step 14 Page 10 Cart Details Email Address ihat
11. would you like the name Shop Name stor r J la Email Subject Mail User ID Mail Password Test Mail Component Mail Type Home Page efauilt title f r in the top of the Default Title Update Cart Details s full URL such In this step you need to enter all of your cart details for your VP ASP 7 00 site Here is the list of fields you need to provide Email address After an order has been completed who should be notified This is the email address of that person This is also the FROM address for the order confirmation sent to the customer Shop Name The name of your shop Used on e mails to the customer as the name of the sender Email Subject This is simply the subject when the customer gets an e mail confirmation 15 Page Mail Server This is the name of the mail service on your ISP Your ISP will need to let you know what this is It normally will start with mail Or smtp There is no standard name You must ask your Windows administrator or Web hosting company If not set correctly emails will not be sent Not used with CDONTS or Unix Mail User ID If your ISP is using user ID for mail service enter value here or leave empty if not Mail Password If your ISP is using password for mail service enter value here or leave empty if not Mail Type The type of e mail interface program to use VP ASP supports ASPMAIL CDONTS ASPEMAIL OCXMAIL and JMAIL VP ASP d
12. you have entered a new second password 2 in the upgrade wizard then please enter your new admin password 2 Once you have completed upgrading your database to VPASP 7 0 you will not be able to use your old admin with a store running 650 or earlier VPASP versions So if you have multiple sites running from the one database then you will need to ensure all sites are managed using a VPASP 7 0 admin Basically below is the example of our new format admin page 18 Page http www yourvpaspsite com admin yournewadmin asp Compared to your existing admin page format in previous VP ASP version http www yourvpaspsite com youroldadmin asp 19 Page 7 Update your language files for VP ASP 7 00 Note If you only have English in your store then you can skip this step There are several new language variables added in VP ASP 7 00 so if you have any additional languages installed you will need to update your database If you are upgrading from a version earlier than VP ASP 5 00 you will find that languages are handled completely differently in the latest version Rather than being stored in the shop language_xxxx asp files they are stored in the database in the languages table 1 Download the new language files for VP ASP 7 00 from the VP ASP website http www vpasp com sales languages700 asp Unzip the downloaded file into the admin folder you have VP ASP 7 00 installed in Login to your VP ASP administrat
13. 5 4 Removing all files starting with diag Delete all files starting with diag These files include the following diag_dbtest asp diag_sessionlist asp diag_expirecookie asp Also delete the file diag_smstest asp located in the admin folder Remote Users Please ensure that you have deleted all these files on both your local PC and your remote server 15 5 Credit Card Storage Settings VP ASP recommends that you do not store credit card numbers If you take credit card numbers into your system rather than using a Payment Gateway we recommend that you delete the credit card number as soon as the order has been processed This can either be done manually or the shopa_displayorders asp page will delete credit card numbers automatically when the order is marked as processed 40 Page 15 6 Securing your Database Note this step is for Access users ONLY If your database is not in a secure location with the correct setting hackers may be able to download through the web browser To secure your database folder you will need to update your IIS settings and the NTFS properties on your database folder To setup IIS permissions on your database folder a Click on Start then on Control Panel then double click on Administrative Tools b Double click on Internet Information Services c Browse to your database folder by expanding the menus on the left d Right click on your database folder and select Prope
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15. VP ASP Shopping Cart UPGRADE GUIDE Version 7 00 28 Sept 2010 http www vpasp com 2 1Page Table of Contents 1 INtrOCUCTION 2 cccccececceceeeeceneeeeeeeeuneeeuaeeeuaeeauaeeeuaeeeeaeeauaeeaeeeeaeeeeaeaeeaeueeaueeeaeeeeaeueuaeaguaeueuaeeeeaengeann 4 2 Download upgrade from our WebSite ccccscecesceceseecuneeeuaeeeeeeaeeeeaeeeeaeeeeaueeeaueeeaeueeaeegeaueeeaeueuaeegeans 5 3 Install VP ASP 7 00 fil S cccccccccccececeeeeeeeeeaueueueeceeeueueueeeeeueueueueueueuauauauauauauauauaueueueueusuceeueuauaeauauans 6 4 Copy your existing shop config asp into Upgrade folder scscscccccececececeeueueueueueueueueusueuseseeeeeeeeeeeens 7 5 Upgrading from version 3 50 and earlier ccccccccesceceseeceneeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeaeeeeaeueeaeeeeaeeeeaeeguaeeauaeesuaeeauaes 8 6 Run the Upgrade WiZard ccccccccecceeecceeeeeeneeeuseeauaeeaueeauaeuaeaeeeuaeeauaeeauaeeeuaeuaeaeeauaeeeeaeeauaeeaeageaenges 9 7 Update your language files for VP ASP 7 00 sccccscececcececeeceneeneneeaeeeeaeeeeaueeeaeeeeaeeeeaeseeaueeuaeeauaeeauaee 20 8 Convert your state and country tax SettingS cccccscecesceceseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeuaeeaeaeeauaeeaeegeeegeesgens 22 9 Redesign your new Site for VP ASP 7 00 ccccccecceneeeeneeeeseeeeseeeeaeeeeaeeeeaeeeeaeeeeaeegeaeeeuaeeauagenuageneagen 23 10 Update templateS ssssunennnnunnnnnnnnnunnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnennnnennnnnenannennnnennnnnnnn 24 10 1 Upgrading Header and
16. ault link to default asp If you found somewhere in your footer file contains homepage link e g index html default htm or default html or etc you need to replace it to use default asp as this is the default page of VP ASP 7 00 5 Copy your image files into the VP ASP 7 00 site You would need to copy any of the existing images in the footer file into your new VP ASP 7 00 site so that all the images in the footer file can display correctly For example if in your footer file contains image code as below lt IMG SRC images myownimage gif width 20 height 20 gt Then you will need to copy the image file myownimage gif to the images folder of your VP ASP 7 00 site 6 If you would like to add any of snippet tag functionality into your footer e g adding currencies selector featured products top sellers section etc you can refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 2 Code Snippets Tags to Customize Your Site VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP_700 Design Guide zip 7 After all the changes above you can now copy the file shoppage_trailer htm from the temporary directory to the folder templates default 2cols if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols if using 3 columns layout in your VP ASP 7 00 site 10 2 Upgrading Header and Footer Template from 6 50 In this chapter we will explain how to apply your existing header and footer template from VP ASP 6 50
17. below if exist lt navigateshowlanguages gt 7 Please replace with lt Navigateshowlanguages yourprefixdivname gt 8 Locate the CSS link somewhere in your site e g if exist lt link rel stylesheet type text css href shop css gt Please see where is the CSS file stored in your existing site by looking in the above code and copy the CSS file into your new VP ASP 7 00 site As you can see in the step 8 the shop css is located in the root directory of your existing site Then please copy the file shop css into folder templates default 2cols css if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols css folder if using 3 columns layout in your VP ASP 7 00 site If you have any other CSS files that you have created in your own please also copy the CSS files into folder templates default 2cols css if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols css folder if using 3 columns layout in your VP ASP 7 00 site 9 Please change the location of your CSS files to read from the new directory as you have copied above in step 8 For example please locate these code below lt link rel stylesheet type text css href shop css gt Please change to make sure the code below in one line lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css shop css gt If you have any other CSS files please also change the location to point t
18. characters with MYSQL db then you must use MYSQL 5 1 ODBC driver or above as the database connector VP ASP SP1 7 00 UTF 8 will not work with MYSQL 3 51 ODBC driver So please make sure your server has the required driver if you are using MYSQL database for Double Bytes countries 6 Setup Database Structure Setup Database Structure Access Now it s time to upgrade your database by upgrading the VPASP tables and field our shopping cart will use Don t worry The Wizard will take care of this for you Step 1 Upgrade Database Structure Yes Step 2 Upgrade Data Yes a This step will add any new fields to your existing db to be ready for VP ASP 7 00 Click Upgrade to start the process Note Before you do this you will need to make sure that you already have backup of your existing db This process will taking a while and you can see the processing icon If it is finished a summary of database upgrade will be displayed 12 Page Step 1 Upgrade Database Structure M sY sy Y Step 2 Upgrade Data Y M yrds updated error Please proceed to the next step Generate EZIIUTEL A T ELTE OLCI Once it is done the button Continue To Upgrade Admin Info will be visible and you can click it to proceed to next step 7 Upgrade Admin Info Upgrade Admin Info Now it s time to upgrade your admin privileges Please assign a Admin User Name to have a full privileges of VP ASP Enter Yo
19. e 11 Update shop colors asp The shop colors asp file controls many aspects of the fonts and formatting throughout your site In VP ASP 7 00 the file is located at config folder of your VP ASP 7 00 site If you are upgrading from VP ASP 4 00 or earlier you cannot keep your current shop colors asp file you must manually transfer any changes to the copy supplied with the 7 00 files 11 1 Upgrading from 4 xx Locate the following line in the 7 00 copy of shop colors asp VP ASP 5 0 Copy this line and all lines below it from the VP ASP 7 00 shop colors asp file into your copy of shop colors asp Then replace the copy of shop colors asp in the VP ASP 7 00 folder with your newly updated copy The variables xproductfields and xproductcaptions which were contained in shop colors asp in VP ASP 4 00 and earlier are now in the online Shop Configuration This allows you to alter the product fields and captions being displayed if you do not use templates You will need to manually update these values if you have changed them 11 2 Upgrading from 5 00 Locate the following line in the 7 00 copy of shop colors asp VP ASP 5 50 Copy this line and all lines below it from the VP ASP 7 00 shop colors asp file into your copy of shop colors asp Then replace the copy of shop colors asp in the VP ASP 7 00 folder with your newly updated copy 11 3 Upgrading from 5 50 Locate the following line in the 7 00 copy
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21. form if pform keyword value lt GetLang langsearchboxdefault gt pform keyword value lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript gt function toggleMe a var e document getElementByld a if e return true if e style display none e style display block else e style display none return true lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript gt function checkjavascriptstatus var checkingurl Shopcheckjavascript asp var pars var url checkingurl pars new Ajax Request url method post onSuccess function transport lt script gt lt lt noscript gt not support lt noscript gt gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js vs350 js gt lt script gt 26 Page lt script language javascript type text javascript src s dropdown js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js shopajax js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js contentslider js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js equalizer js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src s tabcontent700 js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js shopajaxsearch js gt lt script gt lt script language javascrip
22. hat the logo can display properly You would also need to copy any of the existing images in the header file into your new VP ASP 7 00 site so that all the images in the header file can display correctly 18 Replace the homepage default link to default asp If you found somewhere in your header file contains homepage link e g index html default htm or default html or etc you need to replace it to use default asp as this is the default page of VP ASP 7 00 19 If you would like to add any of snippet tag functionality into your header e g adding currencies selector featured products top sellers section etc you can refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 2 Code Snippets Tags to Customize Your Site VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP 700 Design Guide zip 27 Page 20 After all the changes above you can now copy the file shoppage_header htm from the temporary directory to the folder templates default 2cols if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols if using 3 columns layout in your VP ASP 7 00 site 10 1 2 Footer template These steps below explain to you how to apply your existing footer template to the new VP ASP 7 00 site 1 Open file shoppage_trailer htm old version using notepad 2 Locate these code below lt Navigateshowminicart gt 3 Please replace with lt NavigateShowMiniCartCssStyled gt 4 Replace the homepage def
23. ing to you a cost effective and powerful tool to use as the base to build your online store To start choose whether you want to install the shopping cart for the first time or whether you will be upgrading an exiting store Follow the online Wizard to walk through the set up process If you experience any issues at any point please feel free to post on our forum as our team will be happy to help you get started K Once you have read the page click the button at the bottom 9 Page Time to Upgrade to P ASP 7 00 Congratulations on upgrading to VP ASP 7 00 Upgrading your shopping site is easy and most users will be able to complete the process using this wizard utility We have detected that your server is running ASP successfully and you are ready to begin upgrading You may leave the upgrading process at any time To continue simply return to this page Click here to Bookmark it now Steps Information Steps Status CHECK FOLDER PERMISSIONS DATABASE INFORMATION SETUP DATABASE STRUCTURE UPGRADE ADMIN INFO RENAME ADMIN PAGE CREATE ENCRYPTION KEY CART DETAILS REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT Click here to start upgrade to P ASP 7 00 4 The first step is to check your folder permissions and make sure that the folder that are required have READ WRITE permissions applied Click the Check your folder permissions button Folder To Check Folder Name Requirement Status gt admin Required Read Wr
24. ion and go to Advanced Settings gt International Click Language tab Home Advanced Settings International View Edit Currency Ir Language View Edit Currency Bulk Currency Update Import Currency View Edit Countries View Edit States Configuration Click Add Language Language Add aes age Delete Snguage Edit Language Reset Language English Type in the filename of the language you are updating for example if you are updating Spanish enter the filename shop language_spanish asp Merge with database Update Existing Set Merge With Database to Yes If you have made a lot of customizations to the languages and only want to add new entries from the language file to your database set Update Existing to No Click the Continue button This will add the new language terms to your languages table 20 1Page Add Language shop language_spanish asp Added 1326 Updated 2 shop language2_spanish asp Added 161 Updated 3 Reset Language 8 Click the Reset Language link Select the language you just added and click the Continue button Language Language 9 If you have more than one language in your site complete the steps above for each language 211Page 8 Convert your state and country tax settings Note This step only need to run for version BELOW VP ASP 6 50 e g 6 00 5 50 and lower version If you are using version 6 50 please skip this step The way
25. isplay search box mini cart categories etc you can easily configure it through our new feature called Layout Manager Please refer to VP ASP User Manual chapter 3 22 Layout Manager for more information VP ASP downloadable PDF User Manual can be found at http Awww vpasp com helpnotes VPASP_700 User Manual zip 23 Page 10 Update templates In our new VP ASP 7 00 all the template files is stored in folder templates default 2cols if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols if using 3 columns layout This is different in our previous version that store the template files in the root directory After you have located the template files you will need to update the template files used in your existing version to the VP ASP 7 00 site which is in the folder templates default 2cols if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols if using 3 columns layout You may want that you still keep your existing design or layout for the templates to be used in the new version Below is the complete guides on how to update each templates to be used in version 7 00 10 1 Upgrading Header and Footer Template from 5 50 This chapter will explain how to apply your existing header and footer template from VP ASP 5 50 to the new VP ASP 7 00 site Note If you choose to keep your existing header and footer template the new Layout Manager cannot be used Layout Manager features can only be used if yo
26. ite upgrade Required Read Write A admin export Optional Read Write A admin import Optional Read Write A htrol Optional Read Write A images Optional Read Write A templates Optional Read Write A upload Optional Read Write A Check your folder permissions 101Page Some of the folders in VP ASP 7 00 need to have read write permissions applied to work properly This step will automatically check the required folders to have read write permission Once you are ready please click button Check your folder permissions Folders that have read write permission will be displayed with status Pass Folders that do not have read write permission will be displayed with status Fail If one of your folders appears to have Fail status please enable read write permission to the folder You may contact your hosting person to do this if your VP ASP files are in remote server if you are running from a local machine you can enable read write permission on the folder yourself To setup folder permission in Win XP please refer to the help guide below http helpnotes vpasp com shopexd asp id 715 To setup folder permission in Win Vista Win 7 please refer to the help guide below http helpnotes vpasp com shopexd asp id 914 permissions Please click the button Check your folder permissions again once you have set the read write permission to your folders If all the required folders have
27. ite For example if your header file contains the company logo code as below lt img src images header logo gif width 150 height 33 id logo alt Logo title Logo gt Then please upload the image logo gif into appropiate directory of your VP ASP 7 00 site so that the logo can display properly You would also need to copy any of the existing images in the header file into your new VP ASP 7 00 site so that all the images in the header file can display correctly 10 Replace the homepage default link to default asp If you found somewhere in your header file contains homepage link e g index html default htm or default html or etc you need to replace it to use default asp as this is the default page of VP ASP 7 00 11 Locate these code below if exist lt include file editor noronavbar html gt 12 Please replace with lt horomenu gt Note You may need to change the top navigation menu design to suit your needs Please refer to VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide chapter 2 4 5 Change CSS for the Header Navigation Menu for more information VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP 700 Design Guide zip 13 Locate any of these code below if exist lt Navigateshowminicartright short gt OR 311Page 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 lt Navigateshowminicartright gt OR lt Navigateshowminicart gt OR lt Navigatesh
28. llers section etc you can refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 2 Code Snippets Tags to Customize Your Site VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP 700 Design Guide zip 32 1Page 24 25 26 Open file layout css using notepad in your VP ASP 7 00 site located in the folder templates default 2cols css if using 2 columns layout or folder templates default 3cols if using 3 columns layout Then locate these code below main float left width 540px margin 3px 0 0 0 padding 0 font size 12px Please replace with main Note You can also modify the CSS code above to suit your design You can also refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 3 Changing the Home Page Welcome Box VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP_ 700 Design Guide zip Upload the file layout css into your VP ASP 7 00 site under the folder templates default 2cols css if using 2 columns layout or folder templates default 3cols if using 3 columns layout After all the changes above you can now copy the file shoppage_header htm from the temporary directory to the folder templates default 2cols if using 2 columns layout or templates default 3cols if using 3 columns layout in your VP ASP 7 00 site 10 2 2 Footer template These steps below explain to you how to apply your existing footer template from VP ASP 6 50
29. ntent700 js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js shopajaxsearch js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src shopcheckjavascript asp gt lt script gt 301Page lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href stylesheets contentslider css gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css href stylesheets tabcontent700 css gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css menu css gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css shop700 css gt 8 Insert these code below after the code lt title gt lt shopdynamictitle title gt lt title gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css layout css gt Note This layout css may mix up your existing design with default 7 00 design However you will still need to include this CSS file as most parts of the site layout use this CSS file You may need to customise this file to suit your existing site Please refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 4 1 Change CSS for the Background of the Site if you wish to change the background display VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP 700 Design Guide zip 9 Copy your existing logo image file into the VP ASP 7 00 s
30. o the new directory for example lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css YOURFILENAME css gt 10 Locate the meta description code e g if exist lt meta NAME description content your site description could be entered here previously gt 11 Please replace with lt meta name description content lt shopdynamictitle description gt gt 25 Page Note if you do not have existing Meta description tag in your existing site you will need to insert the above code into your header file 12 Locate the meta keyword code e g if exist lt meta name keywords content your site keywords could be entered here previously gt 13 Please replace with lt meta name keywords content lt shopdynamictitle keywords gt gt Note if you do not have existing Meta keywords tag in your existing site you will need to insert the above code into your header file 14 Insert these code below after the lt head gt tag lt This code must remain in all header files gt lt generatebaseurl gt lt end gt lt meta http equiv Content Type content text html charset lt GetLang langcharset gt gt lt meta http equiv X UA Compatible content E EmulatelE7 gt 15 Insert these code below above before the lt head gt tag lt script language javascript type text javascript gt function clearfield p
31. oes not write to your mail system directly It needs an interface and these are the most common ones Home Page The URL to return to your main page It can be a full URL such as hittp or just a file name such as default htm Default Title The default title for your shopping cart site e g Johny Instrumental Shop In this step you can also perfom a test for Mail Component Click the link Test Mail Component to see any available mail components for your hosting Mail components with Available status can be selected as a value for Mail Type Click Update Cart Details if all done and click button Continue To Register Your Product to proceed to next step 11 Register Your Product 16 Page Order Number Shop ID Domain Company Name Address City State Zip Code Country Phone Fax Email Update Information This step will register your purchase of VP ASP 7 00 and your information details Please provide the following details in the form Order Number Your VP ASP Order Number This should be automatically filled in with your existing order number Shop ID An unique name for your shop eg shop700_myshopname This should be automatically filled in with your existing Shop ID Domain This represents the URL of your site where the shopping cart files are located eg http www yourvpaspwebsiteurl com vpasp This should be automatically filled in with your existing domain url SSL
32. or previous releases of VP ASP First unzip VP ASP 7 00 files using a ZIP utility such as WinZip or WinRAR We recommend that you make a copy or backup of your existing file and database before completing the upgrade To begin your upgrade process you need to copy the VP ASP 7 00 files into your existing VP ASP site If your old version of VP ASP do not have any customisations you can just overwrite the previous version files If in case that your old version of VP ASP contains customisation in some of VP ASP files you need to manually insert the customisation codes into the VP ASP 7 00 files To check the VP ASP 7 00 files against your customised VP ASP previous version you can use a program called WinMerge available as a free download from http Awinmerge org The VP ASP upgrade process does not alter your data in any way however it is best to always back up your database before completing any major changes to your site in case something goes wrong and you need to reverse your changes 6 1Page 4 Copy your existing shop config asp into Upgrade folder The first step is to tell VP ASP 7 00 where it can find your current database and configurations To do this you need to copy your previous version of VP ASP file called shop config asp into the Upgrade folder Note Upgrade folder is provided with the VP ASP 7 00 files and folders 7 Page 5 Upgrading from version 3 50 and earlier
33. owminicart short gt Please replace any of the code above to lt NavigateShowMiniCartCssStyled gt Locate any of these code below if exist lt NavigateShowCategoriesStyled gt OR lt NavigateShowCategoryList gt Please replace any of the code above to lt NavigateShowCategories gt Note For more option snippets in displaying the categories please refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 2 2 Display Categories with Styled Format Somewhere in Your Site VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP_ 700 Design Guide zip Locate these codes below if exist lt Navigateshowcurrencies gt Please replace with lt Navigateshowcurrencies yourprefixdivname gt Locate these code below if exist lt Y navigateshowlanguages gt Please replace with lt Navigateshowlanguages yourprefixdivname gt Locate these code below if exist lt NavigateTopTen gt Please replace with lt NavigateT opSeller 3 gt Note 3 means you will display three top seller products For more option snippets in displaying the Top Seller Products please refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 2 6 Display Top Seller Products Somewhere in Your Site VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP 700 Design Guide zip If you would like to add any of snippet tag functionality into your header e g adding currencies selector featured products top se
34. rties e Uncheck the Read box f Click Apply g Click OK 41 Page
35. s YOURFILENAME css gt 7 Insert these code below above before the lt head gt tag lt script language javascript type text javascript gt function clearfield pform if pform keyword value lt GetLang langsearchboxdefault gt pform keyword value lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript gt function toggleMe a var e document getElementByld a if e return true if e style display none e style display block else e style display none return true lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript gt function checkjavascriptstatus var checkingurl Shopcheckjavascript asp var pars var url checkingurl pars new Ajax Request url method post onSuccess function transport lt script gt lt lt noscript gt not support lt noscript gt gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js vS350 js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src s dropdown js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src s shopajax js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js contentslider js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js equalizer js gt lt script gt lt script language javascript type text javascript src js tabco
36. state and country tax rates are defined has been changed since VP ASP 6 50 and the new 7 00 Rather than having them stored in the shop configuration they are now stored in the shopstates and shopcountries tables 1 Open your browser 2 Enter the URL of your new VP ASP 7 00 folder followed by converttaxes asp For example http www vpasp com vpasp admin converttaxes asp where WwwW vpasp com is your website address and vpasp is the folder that you have installed your new copy of VP ASP Admin is the folder where the file converttaxes asp is located Any state or country tax rates you have set up will be automatically converted 22 Page 9 Redesign your new site for VP ASP 7 00 In the previous version you will need to modify the shoppage_header htm and shoppage_trailer htm to change the design colors etc based on your own In VP ASP 7 00 your site s header and footer template now fully controlled by CSS Your previous version of shoppage_header htm and shoppage_trailer htm is not used in the VP ASP 7 00 as it is a fully different layout VP ASP 7 00 will use its own shoppage_header htm and shoppage_trailer htm located in the templates default 2cols folder The header and footer layout are controlled by the layout css file Now you can just modify the design through the layout css file located in the templates default 2cols css folder If you need to setup the layout in your VP ASP 7 00 such as d
37. t type text javascript src shopcheckjavascript asp gt lt script gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href stylesheets contentslider css gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css href stylesheets tabcontent700 css gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css menu css gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css shop700 css gt 16 Insert these code below after the code lt title gt lt shopdynamictitle title gt lt title gt lt link rel stylesheet type text css media all href templates lt getconfig xtemplate gt css layout css gt Note This layout css may mix up your existing design with default 7 00 design However you will still need to include this CSS file as most parts of the site layout use this CSS file You may need to customise this file to suit your existing site Please refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 4 1 Change CSS for the Background of the Site if you wish to change the background display http www vpasp com virtprog VPASP_700 Design Guide zip 17 Copy your existing logo image file into the VP ASP 7 00 site For example if your header file contains the company logo code as below lt img border 0 src shoplogo gif gt Then please upload the image shoplogo gif into root directory of your VP ASP 7 00 site so t
38. tlevel4 subcatlevel5 and prodsubcategories tables The only two tables used are categories table and the prodcategories table To convert your categories 1 Open your browser 2 Enter the URL of your new VP ASP 7 00 folder followed by convertcategories asp For example http Awww vpasp com vpasp admin convertcategories asp where Www vpasp com is your website address and vpasp is the folder that you have installed your new copy of VP ASP Admin is the folder where the file convertcategories asp is located 3 Click the Convert button 38 1Page 14 Set up your countries and states In VP ASP 7 00 the countries and states that are included in the dropdowns for your customers to choose their address from are now stored in your database to make them easier to update You can modify the countries available by going to Advanced Settings gt International gt View Edit Countries Language View Edit Currency Bulk Currency Update Import Currency View Edit Countries View Edit States Configuration You can modify the states available by going to Advanced Settings gt International gt View Edit States Language View Edit Currency Bulk Currency Update Import Currency View Edit Countries View Edit States Configuration With the states you need to specify the countries that you want to show the states for in your configuration Xdisplaystates For example if you want to show the states for the US and UK in the State dropdown on
39. u utilise the header and footer template provided in the VP ASP 7 0 package as they are basically different compared to the old version header and footer template Before you apply the changes for the templates make sure you copy the existing templates from your site to a temporary directory Please follow these steps below 1 Go to the root directory of your 5 50 site 2 Copy these files below shoppage_header htm shoppage_trailer htm 3 Create a new temporary directory to store the existing templates in your local computer e g my550templates 10 1 1 Header template These steps below explain to you how to apply your existing header template to the new VP ASP 7 00 site 1 Open the file shoppage_header htm from the temporary directory using notepad 2 Locate the tag lt title gt until lt title gt code e g lt title gt your site title could be entered here previously lt title gt 3 Please replace with lt title gt lt shopdynamictitle title gt lt title gt 4 Locate these code below if exist lt NavigateShowAllCategories gt 24 Page 5 Please replace with lt NavigateShowCategories gt Note For more option snippets in displaying the categories please refer to VP ASP Design Guide chapter 2 2 2 Display Categories with Styled Format Somewhere in Your Site VP ASP 7 00 Design Guide can be found at http Awww vpasp com virtprog VPASP_700 Design Guide zip 6 Locate these code
40. ur Existing Admin User Name ou need to enter new Second Password here Enter Your Ne Confirm Your New Sec Update Admin Information In this step you need to enter your existing Admin User Name and also you need to enter a New Second Password VP ASP need to retrieve your existing Admin user Name to give full privileges to access administration While the New Second Password must contains alpha numeric a z A Z 0 9 characters This will ensure the security of your VP ASP 7 00 administration If the details you are entered is valid the button Continue To Rename Admin Page will be visible Click the button to proceed to next step 8 Rename Admin Page 13 Page Rename Admin Page To further incre Panel we sugg F your administration area the VPASP Control you select your own name for the admin log in page Renaming your admin page makes it harder for unauthorised people to gain ss to the administration area When you go live we also suggest renaming the folder the VPASP Control Panel is located in The d of the folder is this to any name but try using one that is not obvious for a hacker to try ault nam admin You can change Please enter a new name of admin page asp Rename Admin Page This step will rename your existing admin page to the file name you specified Please enter a new name of admin page and make sure the page name is not a common name For example

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